%0 Journal Article %1 Maltais2004b %A Maltais, D?sir?e %A Unnithan, Viswanath %A Wilk, Boguslaw %A Bar-Or, Oded %D 2004 %J Med Sci Sports Exerc %K Adolescent; Arm; Body Temperature Regulation; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Exercise; Female; Heat; Humans; Male; Reference Values; Task Perform; ance and Analysis %N 2 %P 191--197 %R 10.1249/01.MSS.0000113744.02922.43 %T Responses of children with cerebral palsy to arm-crank exercise in the heat. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/01.MSS.0000113744.02922.43 %V 36 %X PURPOSE: In response to passive heating, adults with hemispheric brain infarction demonstrate lower skin temperatures (Tsk) and higher sweating rates (SR) on the affected side. It is unknown whether children with similar conditions demonstrate a similar response and whether this response is advantageous to defending body temperature during exercise in the heat. The purpose of this study was to determine whether children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) demonstrate less thermal strain than healthy peers during short (10 min each) bouts of arm cranking, a mode of exercise where metabolic rate can be matched between the two groups. METHODS: Eleven young people (8.3-18.3 yr) with spastic CP and 11 individually matched (body size, age, and maturity) healthy controls (CON) performed 3 x 10-min arm-cranking bouts (40 rpm) in 35 degrees C, 50\% RH. Body mass, metabolic and heart rate (HR) responses, and body temperatures were periodically measured. Individuals within each CP-CON pair worked at the same intensity (0.55 +/- 0.18 W.kg-1 body mass). Data were analyzed using a repeated measures ANOVA (alpha = 0.05). RESULTS: Subjects with CP showed no difference from CON in metabolic and HR responses, or SR (as inferred from body mass changes corrected for fluid intake and output). There were also no differences between the groups in the rectal temperature change from room temperature (21-23 degrees C). The increase in Tsk from room temperature, however, was slightly (0.6 degrees C) but significantly lower (P < 0.0001; 95\% CI = 0.5-0.7 degrees C) in the subjects with CP compared with CON. CONCLUSION: Subjects with CP demonstrate thermal strain responses similar to CON during upper-body exercise at relatively low intensities for short duration in a warm climate.

@article{Maltais2004b, abstract = {PURPOSE: In response to passive heating, adults with hemispheric brain infarction demonstrate lower skin temperatures (Tsk) and higher sweating rates (SR) on the affected side. It is unknown whether children with similar conditions demonstrate a similar response and whether this response is advantageous to defending body temperature during exercise in the heat. The purpose of this study was to determine whether children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) demonstrate less thermal strain than healthy peers during short (10 min each) bouts of arm cranking, a mode of exercise where metabolic rate can be matched between the two groups. METHODS: Eleven young people (8.3-18.3 yr) with spastic CP and 11 individually matched (body size, age, and maturity) healthy controls (CON) performed 3 x 10-min arm-cranking bouts (40 rpm) in 35 degrees C, 50\% RH. Body mass, metabolic and heart rate (HR) responses, and body temperatures were periodically measured. Individuals within each CP-CON pair worked at the same intensity (0.55 +/- 0.18 W.kg-1 body mass). Data were analyzed using a repeated measures ANOVA (alpha = 0.05). RESULTS: Subjects with CP showed no difference from CON in metabolic and HR responses, or SR (as inferred from body mass changes corrected for fluid intake and output). There were also no differences between the groups in the rectal temperature change from room temperature (21-23 degrees C). The increase in Tsk from room temperature, however, was slightly (0.6 degrees C) but significantly lower (P < 0.0001; 95\% CI = 0.5-0.7 degrees C) in the subjects with CP compared with CON. CONCLUSION: Subjects with CP demonstrate thermal strain responses similar to CON during upper-body exercise at relatively low intensities for short duration in a warm climate.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T20:45:17.000+0200}, author = {Maltais, D?sir?e and Unnithan, Viswanath and Wilk, Boguslaw and Bar-Or, Oded}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/235c2d81813b652ca152b7b95d21008ff/ar0berts}, doi = {10.1249/01.MSS.0000113744.02922.43}, groups = {public}, interhash = {23f940bc588ca738a803c6547e29b8e7}, intrahash = {35c2d81813b652ca152b7b95d21008ff}, journal = {Med Sci Sports Exerc}, keywords = {Adolescent; Arm; Body Temperature Regulation; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Exercise; Female; Heat; Humans; Male; Reference Values; Task Perform; ance and Analysis}, month = Feb, number = 2, pages = {191--197}, pmid = {14767239}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T20:45:17.000+0200}, title = {Responses of children with cerebral palsy to arm-crank exercise in the heat.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/01.MSS.0000113744.02922.43}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 36, year = 2004 }